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Is Greed Good?

November 5, 2009

We watch the movie "Wall Street" as part of my M&A class.   Recently, we came to the scene where Gordon Gekko proclaims that greed is good:
The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.  Greed is right, greed works.  Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence [...]

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Celebrating the Life of Professor Malina Coleman

October 28, 2009

Akron Law will hold a special celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 4 in honor of the life of Professor Malina Coleman who passed away on Oct. 25. The celebration will be held at Quaker Square Inn at The University of Akron in Ballrooms B and C from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. Professor Coleman had been a professor [...]

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Souter's Confirmation

May 4, 2009

Not a lot of analysis here, just a personal reflection. In the fall of 1990 I was fresh out of law school and had been Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on the Constitution, for less than a year.

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A Warning for Future Lawyers

April 21, 2009

If you've been following the matter of the "torture memos" recently released by the Obama administration you know that the President has determined that CIA operatives following legal guidance provided by the (previous) Administration should not be subject to prosecution. But apparently that leaves open the possibility that officials who approved the "enhanced interrogation" policies [...]

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Deep Thoughts on Corporate Morality, Behavioral Law & Econ, and Mark Cuban

March 12, 2009

This week, I've got three "hat tips."  I set up the posts here and provide you the links.  Enjoy!
1.  For those of you that routinely ask: "Wherefore corporations?"  Professor Bainbridge takes another stab at the seemingly age-old question whether it is shareholder wealth maximization "uber alles."  The particulars of this commentary are pretty straightforward: [...]

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At the polling place

November 6, 2008

I was a poll observer on election day. I saw:
One poll worker who called everybody "baby," as in: "Have you ever voted before, baby? Well, sweetie, you just fill out the bubble for the person you want, OK baby? But don't write anybody's name down there where it says 'write-in,' baby, because then you're voting [...]

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Scalia unbound

June 30, 2008

Here's an observation from Dahlia Lithwick on the Heller decision (concluding that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to own a handgun):
But I must first pass along this rather brilliant observation from professor Stephen Wermiel from American University, who wonders why none of the dissenters cautioned the majority that today's decision"will almost certainly cause [...]

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